Department of Defense federal obligations in Vermont

DOD awards tagged to Vermont

Department of Defense as awarding agency, Vermont as place-of-performance: 9,392 records summing to $4,552,052,714.66. A Department of Defense award coded outside VT is out. An award in Vermont from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Vermont (VT) excludes New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. A Plattsburgh-coded award is New York even if the vendor is in VT.

Nine thousand three hundred ninety-two awards is a high-count Defense file for this dollar scale. Modifications add rows; unique contractors are unpublished. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 9,392 as 9,392 unique active-duty headcount, Guard billets, or named installations. The overlay Department of Defense in Vermont is the both-keys table. Vermont federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Defense is the agency book without a VT filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Population size is not a packet fact. Do not argue that Vermont “punches above its weight.” The join is 097 × VT only. Correlation is not causation: Vermont did not “cause” $4,552,052,714.66 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 097 × VT only.

Not troops, bases, or jobs created

$4,552,052,714.66 does not measure active-duty headcount, Guard billets, or named installations. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 097 and a VT place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 9,392 awards as a census of active-duty headcount, Guard billets, or named installations. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Vermont federal spending or Department of Defense matched $4,552,052,714.66 and 9,392, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts DOD joins are other pairs, not addends.

Vermont, not a New England rollup

Place of performance VT is a geography tag on the award, not a metro list and not a commuting zone. Vermont (VT) excludes New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. A Plattsburgh-coded award is New York even if the vendor is in VT. Recipient address can differ from that state tag.

Population size is not a packet fact. Do not argue that Vermont “punches above its weight.” The join is 097 × VT only. This packet does not split $4,552,052,714.66 by city, county, or named facility. 9,392 awards stay statewide. A county table would be a different extract.

Many actions, still commitments

Even a thick or thin file records obligations, not necessarily outlays. $4,552,052,714.66 can include amounts that pay on a later schedule. Citing it as cash already sent in Vermont confuses two concepts. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total.

Vermont’s own budget is a different ledger. Mixing it with the 9,392-award USAspending file leaves this series. No fiscal year is published in this packet, so this page does not invent one. Keep the obligation label on $4,552,052,714.66. Sharing a state with DOD does not mean campaign donations funded these awards.

Citing DOD in Vermont

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Defense (agency 097) obligated $4,552,052,714.66 on 9,392 awards coded to Vermont. Name both sides. Keep “obligations.” Do not relabel the total as active-duty headcount, Guard billets, or named installations.

Prefer Department of Defense in Vermont if the overlay has refreshed after an ingest. Vermont federal spending still includes every other awarding agency tagged to VT. Department of Defense is the 097 parent without the VT filter. All spending ties indexes other pairs. Do not add those parents into $4,552,052,714.66.

A usable footnote names Department of Defense, Vermont, $4,552,052,714.66, and 9,392. The compact headline $4.55 billion is that same dollar total rounded. It is not a second extract. The implied mean near $484,673 is $4,552,052,714.66 divided by 9,392. Means are not medians. USAspending.gov remains the originating system.

Questions

How much has the Department of Defense obligated in Vermont?

USAspending.gov records $4,552,052,714.66 across 9,392 awards with awarding agency 097 and a Vermont tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of active-duty headcount, Guard billets, or named installations. Department of Defense in Vermont is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $4,552,052,714.66.

Is $4,552,052,714.66 a measure of active-duty headcount, Guard billets, or named installations?

No. The packet publishes $4,552,052,714.66 and 9,392 awards for agency 097 inside VT coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.

Why does this DOD file have 9,392 awards?

That is the award-record count for 097 × VT. Combined with $4,552,052,714.66, the average is about $484,673. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 9,392 is not unique active-duty headcount, Guard billets, or named installations. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Department of Defense in Vermont is the overlay. Vermont federal spending and Department of Defense are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $4,552,052,714.66. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.